Description: Chalk portrait, dated ca. 1870, depicting nineteen year old Private (James) Perry Bull of the 92nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The portrait is based on an earlier photograph taken of Bull, who was killed on November 25, 1863, at the Battle of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Battle of Missionary Ridge was part of the Chattanooga Campaign of October and November 1863, and the victory of Union forces over Confederate troops led to Union control of the key state of Tennessee. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H27047
Subjects: United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 92nd (1862-1865); Portraits; Civil War 1861-1865;
Places: Ohio; Chattanooga (Tennessee);
 

Description: Confederate currency in the amount of twenty-five cents produced April 2, 1863 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Confederate currency was originally produced in the capital of Montgomery, Alabama. After Virginia seceded from the Union the capital was moved to Richmond in May 1861, where currency was then printed. Toward the end of the Civil War, the currency significantly lost value and many of the notes in existence were destroyed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_VFM_28_1
Subjects: Confederate States of America; Currency; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: Chattanooga (Tennessee)
 

Description: Illustration of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, published in "A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant" by Albert Deane Richardson in 1885. The Battle of Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863, ended the Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee, with a victory for the Union army led by General Ulysses S. Grant. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U.S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of general and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04560
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Battlefields; Soldiers
Places: Chattanooga (Tennessee)
 

Description: Section of a panorama painted by Albert Ruger in the 1880's depicting an event known as the "Great Locomotive Chase" or "Andrews' Raid." In 1862, Secret Service Agent James J. Andrews led volunteer Union soldiers, mostly Ohioans, on a mission to steal a Confederate locomotive and drive from the south to the north, destroying the rail lines along the way. The mission failed shortly after it was begun and several of the captured men were hung while others were later exchanged and some escaped. This scene depicts William J. Knight and others crossing the Tennessee River. William J. Knight was a private in the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company E, who participated in the raid. Knight escaped and in 1878 he began touring and giving lectures describing the raid. Ruger's panorama accompanied him for more than eighteen years. The panorama is now part of the museum collections of the Ohio Historical Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02940
Subjects: Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862; Ohio--History, Military--19th century; Andrews' Raid, 1862; Ruger, A.; Andrews, James J.
 

Description: Color slide showing the Delta Queen steamboat along the Ohio River. This paddle steamer is a National Historic Landmark, and was owned for a time by the Greene Line of Cincinnati, Ohio. First put into service in 1927, she served as a passenger ship along inland U.S. waterways for many decades, and is now docked in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as a floating hotel. The Wonderful World of Ohio slides were used for "The Wonderful World of Ohio" magazine, which was published monthly by the State of Ohio. Originally published in conjunction with the Departments of Natural Resources, Highways, Agriculture, and Development, it was solely the product of the Department of Development by 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2002AV_B1600970_001
Subjects: Steamboats; Rivers--Ohio; Transportation--Ohio--History;
Places: Ohio River; Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Willard Warner (1826-1906) was born in Granville, Ohio, and served as a officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, leading troops from his native Ohio. After the war he served as a US Senator from Ohio until 1867 when he moved to Alabama and upon its readmission to the Union he served as a US Senator for Alabama (1868-1871). He died in Chattanooga, Tennessee and is buried in Newark, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04081
Subjects: Licking County (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories; Military Ohio
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Willard Warner (1826-1906). Warner was born in Granville, Ohio, and served as a officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, leading troops from his native Ohio. After the war he served as a US Senator from Ohio until 1867, when he moved to Alabama. Upon that state's re-admission to the Union, he served as a US Senator from Alabama between 1868 and 1871. He died in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is buried in Newark, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04082
Subjects: Licking County (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two young men float in inner tubes near the Delta Queen steamboat along the Ohio River in Marietta, Ohio. This paddle steamer is a National Historic Landmark, and was owned for a time by the Greene Line of Cincinnati, Ohio. First put into service in 1927, she served as a passenger ship along inland U.S. waterways for many decades, and is now docked in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as a floating hotel. The image was submitted by photographer Wally Wolf of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, in the Professional category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B02F17_01_01
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Delta Queen (Steamboat); Ohio River; Steamboats; Outdoor recreation; Young men
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the “Delta Queen,” a stern-wheel steamboat, traveling the Ohio River in Washington County, Ohio. The steamboat has four decks and a large smokestack emblazoned with the letter “G.” People are visible on all levels; some are standing on the deck while others are peering out of windows. “Delta Queen” was part of the Greene Line Fleet, founded in 1890 by veteran riverman Captain Gordon C. Greene (1862-1927), a native of Newport Landing, Ohio, and his wife, Captain Mary Becker Greene (1867-1949). Mary Becker Greene learned navigation and earned a pilot’s license (1896) and a master’s license (1897). She also was a hostess on the fleet’s steamboats. The couple had three sons, two of whom (Chris and Tom) became steamboat captains. Based in Cincinnati, the fleet traveled primarily on the Ohio River, transporting freight between the east and west. In the 1920s, as railroads took over most freight transport, Greene Line Steamers survived by building larger and more modern steamships, limiting their transport to shorter trade routes, and by pioneering the business of passenger pleasure cruises. The Greene family launched packets for tours on the Ohio River and its tributaries. After Gordon Greene died in 1927, Mary Becker Greene managed the business along with Chris and Tom. Chris died in 1944, and his mother died in 1949 aboard the “Delta Queen,” leaving Tom in charge of the family business. The “Delta Queen” had been in regular service on the West Coast from 1927, the date of its first voyage, until 1940, when the U.S. Navy requisitioned it for service as a receiving ship for naval reservists until the government’s lease expired. After Pearl Harbor, however, the Navy again used the steamboat on the West Coast, this time as a floating hospital in the San Francisco area. The "Delta Queen" was retired from military service in August 1946. In December of that year Captain Tom Greene bought the “Delta Queen” from the War Shipping Administration and had it prepared for a month-long sea journey that began in mid-May 1947. Pulled by a tugboat, the steamboat traveled down the Pacific coast, through the Panama Canal, and on to New Orleans. From there it went to Pittsburgh for an overhaul and then began passenger service in June 1948. When Captain Tom Greene died suddenly in 1950, his widow, Letha, took over the company, but financial hard times forced the company to go out of business after a few years. The “Delta Queen” changed hands several times, but in 1989 it was designated a National Historic Landmark. It also is on the National Register of Historic Places. The “Delta Queen” now docks on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, where it has a new life as a floating hotel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06660
Subjects: Delta Queen (Steamboat); Steamboats; Ohio River; Tourism; National Register of Historic Places; National Historic Landmarks Program (U.S.)
Places: Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the “Delta Queen,” a stern-wheel steamboat, traveling the Ohio River in Washington County, Ohio. The steamboat has four decks and a large smokestack. People are visible on all levels of the boat. “Delta Queen” was part of the Greene Line Fleet, founded in 1890 by veteran riverman Captain Gordon C. Greene (1862-1927), a native of Newport Landing, Ohio, and his wife, Captain Mary Becker Greene (1867-1949). Mary Becker Greene learned navigation and earned a pilot’s license (1896) and a master’s license (1897). She also was a hostess on the fleet’s steamboats. The couple had three sons, two of whom (Chris and Tom) became steamboat captains. Based in Cincinnati, the fleet traveled primarily on the Ohio River, transporting freight between the east and west. In the 1920s, as railroads took over most freight transport, Greene Line Steamers survived by building larger and more modern steamships, limiting their transport to shorter trade routes, and by pioneering the business of passenger pleasure cruises. The Greene family launched packets for tours on the Ohio River and its tributaries. After Gordon Greene died in 1927, Mary Becker Greene managed the business along with Chris and Tom. Chris died in 1944, and his mother died in 1949 aboard the “Delta Queen,” leaving Tom in charge of the family business. The “Delta Queen” had been in regular service on the West Coast from 1927, the date of its first voyage, until 1940, when the U.S. Navy requisitioned it for service as a receiving ship for naval reservists until the government’s lease expired. After Pearl Harbor, however, the Navy again used the steamboat on the West Coast, this time as a floating hospital in the San Francisco area. The "Delta Queen" was retired from military service in August 1946. In December of that year Captain Tom Greene bought the “Delta Queen” from the War Shipping Administration and had it prepared for a month-long sea journey that began in mid-May 1947. Pulled by a tugboat, the steamboat traveled down the Pacific coast, through the Panama Canal, and on to New Orleans. From there it went to Pittsburgh for an overhaul and then began passenger service in June 1948. When Captain Tom Greene died suddenly in 1950, his widow, Letha, took over the company, but financial hard times forced the company to go out of business after a few years. The “Delta Queen” changed hands several times, but in 1989 it was designated a National Historic Landmark. It also is on the National Register of Historic Place. The “Delta Queen” now docks on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, where it has a new life as a floating hotel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06661
Subjects: Delta Queen (Steamboat); Steamboats; Ohio River; Tourism; National Register of Historic Places; National Historic Landmarks Program (U.S.)
Places: Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Section of a panorama painted by Albert Ruger in the 1880's depicting an event known as the "Great Locomotive Chase" or "Andrews' Raid." In 1862, Secret Service Agent James J. Andrews led volunteer Union soldiers, mostly Ohioans, on a mission to steal a Confederate locomotive and drive from the south to the north, destroying the rail lines along the way. The mission failed shortly after it was begun and several of the captured men were hung while others were later exchanged and some escaped. This scene is a map of the geographic area covered by the Raiders. William J. Knight was a private in the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company E who participated in the raid. Knight escaped and in 1878 he began touring and giving lectures describing the raid. Ruger's panorama accompanied him for more than eighteen years. The panorama is now part of the museum collections of the Ohio Historical Society. The map shows parts of Tennessee and Georgia including cities along the Tennessee River like Shelbyville, Decator, Chatanooga, Cleveland, Dalton, Adairsville, Kingston, Rome, Etowah, Marietta, and Atlanta that were the covered by the Raiders. The train on the map is entering the "TUNNEL HILL." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02938
Subjects: Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862; Ohio--History, Military--19th century; Andrews' Raid, 1862; Ruger, A.
 

Description: Broadside advertising a lecture on James J. Andrews' railroad raid, held by the Jackson Township Teachers Lecture Course at Township Hall in Lafayette, Ohio, December 20. The lecture (one of a series) was by W.J. Knight, who ran the engine during the raid. The broadside notes that the lecture was "Thoroughly illustratd (sic) by numerous Large Size Oil Paintings." These paintings include a panorama of seventeen scenes painted on canvas or muslin panels, by artist A. Ruger. These panels were stitched together and cranked past a square stage window while Knight spoke to illustrate the raid. Andrews' Raid, also known as the "Great Locomotive Chase," occurred in 1862 when Secret Service Agent James J. Andrews led volunteer Union soldiers (mostly Ohioans) on a mission to steal a Confederate locomotive and drive from the south to the north, destroying the rail lines along the way. The mission failed shortly after it began and several of the captured men were hung while others were later exchanged and some escaped. William J. Knight was a private in the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company E, who participated in the raid. He escaped and in 1878 began touring and giving lectures describing the raid. Ruger's panorama accompanied him for more than eighteen years, and is now part of the museum collections of the Ohio Historical Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM5898
Subjects: Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862; Ohio--History, Military--19th century; Andrews' Raid, 1862; Ruger, A.; Andrews, James J.
Places: Jackson Township (Ohio); Pickaway County (Ohio);